YOU ARE WHO YOU WERE

....WHEN YOU WERE 8

what happens then?

“When a young child enters 2^nd grade, I am able to tell which ones will succeed and which ones will fail….and which ones are very likely to end up in prison.”  Mr. Allen Alford, Principal Spearman Elementary, 1990.

Chuckwa loved his horse Stranger and country music

"I'm sittin' here right now hopin' Country Legends comes on tonight.  I'ts 8 PM, that's what time it usually comes on.  I like old country music.  I remember when I was about 3 or 4, I had to stay with my grandpa for a week or so and at night he'd leave his little radio playin' real soft and old country music was what was playin'.  I can almost hear it now."

So.....what happens that an innocent, perfect creature, coon dog-horse-little brother-mom and dad loving boy....meets a fork in the road?

In his own words to me…it was one thing and one thing only… alcohol.
Alcohol set him on a path that was not initially intended for him and ultimately caused his demise.   But demise is not the end of his story…in the end, Chuckwa will live in victory.
I believe...

you are who you were...when you were 

8

**Chuckwa's fork in the road is still down the way....aren't you sure in your heart, that if he knew he was about to meet it...he would have ridden his pony the other direction?

Men 1,463,454

Women  111,287

(via the U.S. Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs  Bureau of Justice Statistics 2001- 2013)

I asked Chuckwa long ago, “what if our prisons became full of mighty men of God, 

and you had the power to be part of that?”

Psalm 37:23-24  If the Lord delights in a man's way, He makes his steps firm; though he stumble, he will not fall, for the Lord upholds him with His hand.